GALION — In the final meet of the regular season, Galion and Bucyrus faced off in a nail biter of a dual with the Tigers eventually coming away with a 37-36 win in the final match after a stalemate earlier in the season.

“We tied last time we wrestled, 48-48, all pins,” Galion coach Brent Tyyrell said. “It was a good match, I love wrestling Rich (Ulmer), he was one of my wrestlers in high school.”

The teams opened up with a pair of forfeit wins due to not having an opponent in the same weight class before Cody Brady and Garrett Jackson kicked off the matches with the 126-pound class, Brady earning a hard-fought win in the third round for the Tigers.

Galion took the 132-pound class before the Redmen strung off four wins in a row, one a forfeit, to take the lead. In the final five classes, Bucyrus won just one, the 182-pound, by forfeit as the Tigers stormed back to snatch a win from the Redmen’s grasp when Mason Weldon beat Jacob Lambert-Thomas in the 285-pound class 13-5 after three rounds.

“My kids gave a great effort today, it’s just unfortunately we fell on the short end of the stick,” Bucyrus coach Ulmer said.

Galion wrestles in the Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament at Highland High School on Feb. 18, set to begin at 10 a.m. The Northern 10 Tournament awaits Bucyrus the same day and time with the Redmen hosting it.